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Bytes Europe<p>Israel-Iran Conflict Underscores the Imperative of Syria’s Neutrality <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1107736/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1107736/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a></p>
Conflicts<p>Syria urges UN Security Council to take ‘decisive steps’ following Israeli incursion in Damascus countryside</p><p>ISTANBUL Syria on Thursday condemned the Israeli incursion into the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflict</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnadoluAjans%C4%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnadoluAjansı</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2165759/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2165759/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A doctor close to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BassamHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BassamHassan</span></a> has also acknowledged treating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>.</p><p>Early in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>’s civil war, Hassan worked w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> to help establish a paramilitary force known as the National Defense Forces [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDF</span></a>], which received funding & training from Tehran. The NDF…was modeled after Iran’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Basij" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Basij</span></a>, a plainclothes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/militia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militia</span></a> under the umbrella of the Revolutionary Guards [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRGC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRGC</span></a>].</p><p>The BBC reported that Tice had been held by the NDF at one point.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It was the best piece of evidence…that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> had…been holding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>, despite never acknowledging…[it] & failing to respond to diplomatic efforts to free him.</p><p>This month, BBC News reported it had obtained a trove of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> files that showed he had been held in prison in Damascus. In interviews, a fmr Syrian general, Safwan Bahloul, said he had interrogated Tice, the first time any Syrian ofcl had disclosed having had contact w/ him.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8jjzo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8</span><span class="invisible">jjzo</span></a></p>
Farhad<p><a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a>: a regime change in <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> is possible as a result of the Israeli strikes targeting the country’s leadership.</p><p>THE WANTED WAR CRIMINAL SUPPORTED BY <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> IS SHOWING HIS REAL INTENTIONS. </p><p>Nuclear bomb was just an excuse. </p><p>Netanyahu wants to destroy Iran and have a puppet regime installed there, just like he did with <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> & <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/iran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iran</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@lemmy.ml</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@a.gup.pe</span></a></span></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> ofcls confronted Moustapha with a document showing that the Syrians had <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a> in their custody in 2012. The document, one of the US ofcls said, was the equivalent of what is known in law enforcement circles as a “BOLO” — or be on the lookout — as Syrian ofcls combed Damascus looking for Tice after his escape.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a> escaped weeks later but was recaptured by one of the security branches. A witness told the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BasssmHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BasssmHassan</span></a> was involved in Tice’s capture & imprisonment. After his recapture, Tice was placed in a detention facility under the control of Hassan, who was in charge of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a>’s security….</p><p>In 2022 & 2023, snr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> ofcls traveled to Oman to meet w/ Imad Moustapha, a fmr Syrian ambassador.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>, a former Marine who graduated from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgetown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgetown</span></a> School of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> & was also enrolled in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Diplomatic efforts, along with a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> task force & secret outreach by the spy agency’s ofcls, failed to turn up info about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> ofcls were deflated after the govt fell, & they were not able to unravel the mystery of Tice’s abduction even with a sizable reward & US spy agencies focused on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>. The country’s new president, Ahmed al-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Shara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shara</span></a>, also agreed to help search for Tice as part of his overtures to Washington.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Over a period of time since late April, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BassamHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BassamHassan</span></a> was interviewed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a>. It is not clear how many times the investigators spoke to Hassan, or the extent of the info he provided about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a> or other aspects of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChemicalWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalWeapons</span></a> program or other activities under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Dec 8, 2024, after a rebel coalition entered Damascus, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BassamHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BassamHassan</span></a> escaped to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> w/ the help of Iranian ofcls….</p><p>…Hassan willingly traveled from Iran to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> & interacted w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> & Lebanese ofcls without coercion.…Hassan was not being detained, acc/to former Lebanese & Syrian ofcls, who added that he appeared to be living freely in an upscale neighborhood of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Beirut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beirut</span></a>, going out to dinner w/his wife & seeking medical care for an illness.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BassamHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BassamHassan</span></a> has long drawn the attention of the authorities abroad. In 2014, Hassan was sanctioned by the US over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> procurement. In 2023, French investigative judges issued an international warrant for Hassan, accusing him of helping organize the 2013 attacks involving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SarinGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SarinGas</span></a> through his role coordinating between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> & the production of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChemicalWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalWeapons</span></a> at the Syrian Scientific Research Center.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> also reported that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BassamHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BassamHassan</span></a> had told <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> ofcls that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a> had been executed.</p><p>As one of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a>’s closest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> advisers, Hassan is accused of helping orchestrate attacks involving a lethal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NerveAgent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NerveAgent</span></a> in 2013 in the Ghouta suburbs outside Damascus. fmr ofcls under Assad & American ofcls have also described Hassan as a close partner of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>’s Revolutionary Guards in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>, w/direct insights into Iranian activities in the region.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg72g960pxo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cvg72g96</span><span class="invisible">0pxo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A fmr snr American ofcl familiar w/ the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a> case said there should be skepticism about what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BassamHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BassamHassan</span></a> told investigators because of a possible desire to cast blame on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a>.</p><p>Assad fled to Moscow after the collapse of his government, leaving behind some of his most ardent supporters. Several Syrian & Lebanese ofcls w/ties to the former al-Assad government expressed similar concerns over Hassan’s testimony.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of Virgin-martyrs Libya and Leonides, sisters, and Eutropia, a girl of twelve years, martyred at Palmyra in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/syria/palmyra.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/syria</span><span class="invisible">/palmyra.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> agencies have long believed that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BassamHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BassamHassan</span></a> played a critical role in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>’s imprisonment. His name was one of several the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin gave the rebel group that toppled the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> Syrian govt in the hopes it could obtain information about Tice. Hassan, American officials believe, could provide clues about not only Tice but also other matters of importance to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> & its allies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>For more than a decade, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> has hunted for information about Mr. Tice’s whereabouts, holding out hope that he survived Syria’s brutal prison system, where torture and killings were routine. The rapid collapse of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a>’s reign after more than a half-century of family rule helped renew the search for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>, with American investigators believing they might finally learn his fate.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In meetings w/ the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a>, the fmr commander, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BassamHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BassamHassan</span></a>, a top adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> who was accused of facilitating the country’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChemicalWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalWeapons</span></a> attacks on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a>, disclosed in recent weeks that Assad, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> leader who was toppled in Dec, had ordered the killing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> was kidnapped 13 years ago at a checkpoint in a suburb of Damascus.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A top Syrian general under President Bashar al-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> before his ouster has surfaced in Lebanon, where he told US investigators that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>, an American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> who went missing in 2012, was dead & provided the possible site of his grave….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/syria-austin-tice-journalist.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/syria-austin-tice-journalist.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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